Whitby Fury blanked on the road in Kingston

Team suffers 3-0 loss Thursday night; falls to third in division

KINGSTON -- For the first time a long time, the Whitby Fury does not occupy second place in the OJHL's ultra-competitive Eastern Division.

With the two teams tied at 54 points heading in, the Fury went into Kingston Thursday night to face the streaking Voyageurs and came out on the wrong end of a 3-0 decision at the Invista Centre.

Up until Thursday, Whitby had been sitting comfortably in second place since November when they went on a run as one of the hottest teams in the league.

As he has been so many times for the Vees this season, Charlie Finn was the difference in goal. The North, Vancouver, B.C. native made 36 saves, keeping the Fury off the scoresheet for his seventh shutout of the year. He is tied for the league lead in that department with Buffalo netminder Parker Gahagan.

For two periods, Whitby's Josh Hickey was matching Finn save-for-save. However, after a scoreless 40 minutes to start, Kingston got on the board just under seven minutes into the third on a goal from Chad Duchesne.

From there the Fury pressed for the equalizer, but it wasn't to be. Kingston added two more late in the game, one at 18:09 from Brandon O'Quinn and the other from Ludlow Harris at 19:06 to put the game away.

Whitby will have to turn the page quickly as they remain on the road tonight for another game, this time against the front-running Trenton Golden Hawks. They will be back at Iroquois Park for a 2:10 p.m. faceoff Sunday against the Wellington Dukes.